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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Murad say when Deven tells him why he left Nur's home after Imtiaz and the old woman fought?
2. What color is the hospital that faces Nur's house?
3. What color are the tiles in Nur's room?
4. What creatures descend on the dead animal after it is hit by the bus Deven is riding from Mirpore to Delhi?
5. What is the special occasion on Deven's second visit to Nur's home in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Mirpore described at the start of Chapter 2 while Deven rides from Mirpore to Delhi?
2. Why does Deven go to the college rather than home when he first returns to Mirpore after his first visit to Delhi? What does he do at the college?
3. What "bad omens" does Deven see as he rides to Delhi and upon first arriving?
4. What does Deven worry may have been on the papers he used to clean Nur's vomit at the end of Chapter 3?
5. How does Deven feel about his visit from his old friend Murad at the start of Chapter 1?
6. Why is Deven unable to ask Nur for an interview during his first visit?
7. What does Nur tell his groups of friends Deven is there to do during his first visit in Chapter 3?
8. Why is Deven surprised at the company Nur keeps when he first meets him?
9. How does Murad poke fun at Deven when he offers him one of his two cigarettes in Chapter 1?
10. What is the guru-shishya tradition and why does Murad mention it to Deven in Chapter 5?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the book.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of In Custody. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the story to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Desai's commentary on the role and status of women in In Custody.
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